2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS engine

Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ............... .........................148 148
Ext erior lighting ............... ............... ............. 148
Int erior lighting ............... ............... .............. 153
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 155
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Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ...... ............................................. 163
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 163 ClimatClimat
econt r e
cont rol ol
...... .....................................1 64 164
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 164
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 165 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 173 173
Dr iving ........................................................1 73
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 88
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 92
Tr ansf ercase ..............................................1 97
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 98
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 99
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................2 01
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 209
Tr ailer hitch... ... ...........................................2 77 Ve
hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 281 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 282 282
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter...... .................................... 282
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 283
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................... ...................................... 284
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 84
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 286
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 286 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 89 289
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................289
Sy stem settings .......................................... 298
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................302
Te lephone ................................................... 312
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 316
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 323
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................3 26
Sound settings ............................................333 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... .......................... 334 334
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 334
Engine compartment ................................... 335
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 341 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................350 350
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 350
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................351
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................357
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lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 370
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 370
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 371
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 371
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 76
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 381
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......386
Changing awheel ........................................ 388
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 99 Cont
ents
3 3

1
003E003D Turn sign allights →
149
2 0075 Restr aint system →
480
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
491
00E5 ESP®
→
491
4 005E Rear foglam p →
149
5 0057 Highbeam →
149
0058 Lowbea m →
148
0060 Parking lamps →
148
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
482
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
283
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
486
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
486
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
486
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
482
B L Distance warning →
489
C 0025 ABS →
491 D
Ù Powe rst eer ing →
481
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
493
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
482
G Fuelleve l →
283
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
486
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
486
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
480
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
482
L ä Suspension (red) →
489
ä Suspension (yello w) →
489 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps
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Pr
ot Pr
otection oft ection
ofthe en he
envir vir
onment onment
+ ENVI
R ENVI
RONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue tooper ating condition sand
per sonal drivin gst yle The
pollutant emission oftheve hicle is
dir ectl yre lat ed tothewa yyo uoper ateth e
ve hicle.
Oper ateyo ur vehicle inan environme ntall y
re sponsi blemann ertohelp protect theen vi-
ro nment. Pleaseobs erve thefo llo wing recom-
mendat ionsonoper atingcondi tionsand per-
sonal drivi ng style.
Oper Oper
ating conditions: ating
conditions: #
Mak esur eth at thetir epr essur eis cor -
re ct. #
Donotcar ryanyunn ecessar ywe ight
(e.g. roof lugg agera ck sonce youno lon-
ge rneed them). #
Adher eto theser vice interva ls.
A regula rly ser viced vehicle willcont rib-
ut eto environment alprotection. #
Alwaysha ve maint enance workcar ried
out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
P P
er er
sonal dr sonal
drivi ng s ivi
ng sty ty
le: le:
#
Donotdepr esstheacceler ator pedal
when star ting theengine. #
Donotwa rm uptheve hicle while sta-
tion ary. #
Drive car efull yand maint ainasuit able
dist ance from theve hicle infront . #
Avoid freq uent, sudden accelerationand
br aking. #
Chang ege ar ingood timeanduseeach
ge ar onl yup to00C3 ofits maximum
engin espeed. #
Switc ho. theve hicle instation arytraf-
fi c, e.g .by using theEC Ostar t/s top
func tion. #
Drive in afu el- e1 cien tma nner .Ob serve
th eEC Odispla yfo ran economical driv-
ing style. EnEn
vir vir
onment onment
alissues andr al
issues andrecommendations ecommendations
It is recommen dedthat youre -use orrecy cle
mat erials instead ofjus tdisposi ngofthem.
The releva nt environme ntal guide linesandregula -
tions servetoprotect theen vironment andmust
be strictl yobser ved. Genuine
Mer Genuine
Mercedes-Benz par cedes-Benz
parts ts
+ ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue tonotusi ng recy cled recon-
diti oned compone nts Mer
cedes‑B enzAGo.er sre cy cled recondi -
tion edcom pone ntsand partswit hth esame
qu alit yas newpar ts.The same entitlemen t
fr om theLimit edWarrant yis valid asforne w
par ts. #
Use recy cled recondi tionedcom pone nts
and partsfrom Mer cedes‑B enzAG. 2222
Gener
alno tes

The
origina lpurc hase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof theeq uipment inyour vehicle at
th etime ofdeliv ery.
Sho uldyouha ve anyqu estion sconcer ningequip-
ment andoper ation, please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
The Oper ator's Manual, Supplement, further sup-
plement arydocuments andMaint enance Booklet
ar eim por tant doc ume ntsand should bekept in
th eve hicle. MerMer
cedes meapp cedes
meapp NNo o
t t
es about t es
about the on- deman df he
on- deman dfeatu re eatur
e Yo
ucan also activ ateva rious functions (on-
demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
Inf ormatio nis availabl eat anyaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin gon- demand f atin
gon- demand featur eatur
eusing Mer e
using Mercedes me cedes
me RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasGPS recep tion . R
The vehicle islin kedto theMer cedes meuser
account.
Or Or
der der
ing and activ ing
and activ ating on-demand f ating
on-demand featur e eatur
e #
Addth edesir edon-demand featur efo rth e
ve hicle totheshopping basketinthe
Mer cedesme Store. #
Com pletetheor der .
The on-demand featur eis activ ated when
oper atingth eve hicle.
Spe edin gup activ Spe
edin gup activ ation ation
#
Switchth eve hicle o.and lockit. #
ATer about 2min utes, unlockth eve hicle and
switc hon theve hicle.
The on-deman dfeatur ehas been activated.
Fo rsome featur es,ano ti/cation alsoappear s
in theve hicle' smult imedi asy stem.
If th eactiv ation wasno tsuccessf ul,repeat the
pr ocess. SerSer
vice andv vice
andvehicle oper ehicle
operation ation
VV
ehicle oper ehicle
operation outside t ation
outside the US he
USAor Canada A
or Canada When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service points orreplacement partsma yno t
be availabl eimmed iately.
R Unle aded fue lma yno tbe availabl efo rve hi-
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extremel ylo w oct ane
number .Unsuit ablefuelcancauseengine
dam age.
Some Mercede s-Benz modelsareav ailabl ein
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anaut hor -
ized Mercedes‑Benz service center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
In t In
the US he
USA: A:
Mer cedes-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opean DeliveryDepar tment
One Mercedes -Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 2424
Gener
alno tes

R
When theve hicle istowing atrailer andther e
is arisk ofare ar impact
The system will notini tiat ean ybr aking applicatio n
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Whilst driving
or
R When entering orexiting apar king space while
using ActivePa rking Assist FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
Im Im
pulse Side pulse
Side If
an imminent sideimpact isde tected, PRE-
SA FE®
Im pulse Sidecanpre-em ptivel ymo vethe
fr ont seat vehicle occupan t'suppe rbody towa rds
th ecent eroftheve hicle. Itdoes this by rapidl y
in0a tingan air cushion intheout erseat sidebol-
st er oftheseat backrest ontheside onwhic hth e
im pact isanticipat ed.This increases thedist ance
be tween thedoor andtheve hicle occupan t.
If PR E-S AFE ®
Im pulse Side has been deployedor
is faulty ,th ePRE-SAFE ImpulseSide Inoperative
See Operator's Manual(/page424) displa y
messag eappear s. AA
ut ut
omatic measur omatic
measures es
aTer aTer
anaccident an
accident
Depending onthetype andseverity of theacci-
dent, anddepending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,
th efo llo wing measur escan beimplement ed,for
ex am ple:
R Automatic braking (post-collision brak e)
R Activating thehazar dwa rning light system
R Trigg ering anaut omatic emergency call
(/ page323)
R Switc hingo.theengine
To star tth eve hicle again, switc hth eve hicle
o. and ononce more(/ page174) .Depen d-
ing onthetype andseverity of theaccident,
yo uma yno long erbe able tostar tth eve hicle.
R Switching o.thefuel suppl ysy stem
R Unloc kingtheve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Displa yingtheemer gency guide inthemulti-
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting F F
unction oft unction
ofthe pos he
post-collision br t-collision
brak e ak
e
Depending ontheaccident situation, thepost-col-
lision brak ecan minimize these verity of afur ther
collision oreve navo idit.
If an accident isde tected, thepost-collision brak e
can implement automatic braking. Whentheve hi-
cle has come toast ands till,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th efo llo wing actions:
R Braking morestr ongl yth an aut omati cbr aking
R Fully depr essing theacceler ator pedal with
fo rc e SafSaf
el el
ytr y
trans por ans
porting c ting
chi ld r hi
ld ren int en
inthe v he
veh icle eh
icle Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
traveling int eling
inthe he
v v
ehicle ehicle
%
Also strictl yobser vethesaf etyno tesfo rth e
speci/c situation .In this wa yyo ucan recog-
niz epo tential risk sand avoiddang ersif ch il-
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page54). Occupan
tsaf ety
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R
Ifyo uar edr iving ataspeed great erthan
2.5 mph(4 km/h) .
If yo uha ve select edtheaut omatic modeinthe
multimed iasystem and youmanuall yex tend the
ru nning boardswhen thedoor sar eclosed, the
ru nning boardswill remain extended .Ev en ifyo u
open adoor andthen close itag ain, theru nning
boa rdswill remain extended .Au tomatic mode will
be reactiv ated onlywhen youar edr iving ata
speed great erthan 2.5 mph(4 km/h) . &
W W
AR NING AR
NING Riskofinjurywhen extending
or retracti ngtheru nning boards
The running boardsex tend attheside during
ex tensio n.Dur ingretracti on, theru nning
boa rdsar eint egratedin theside skirt.Pa rts of
th ebody could become trapped. Therema y
be people inthera ng eof mo vement. Thereis
a risk ofinjury. #
Alwaysensu rethat ther ear eno people
wit hin thera ng eof mo vement oftheru n-
ning boards. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theru nning boardsdur -
ing extensio nor retracti on The
running boardsex tend attheside during
ex tensio n.Dur ingretracti on, theru nning
boa rdsar eint egratedin theside skirt. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tspace
dur ing extensio nand retracti on. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle body or
und erbod ydue tolow ground clearance The
running boardsar eatt ached totheve hicle
body viatheunderbody .This limits thegr ound
clear ance. #
Drive ove robst acles, suchas curbs, par-
ticular lycar efully and slowly. Obser
vethecor respond ingdispla ymessag esin
th einst rument cluster(/ page423). ExtExt
endin gand re ending
andretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
running boar unning
boards via ds
via
t t
he multim ediasyst he
multim ediasystem em
Multime
diasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Vehicle
5 SID ERUNNING BOARD #
Select Exten dor Retract.
A A
ut ut
oma ticall oma
tically e y
ext xt
ending andre ending
andretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
run- un-
ning boar ning
boards ds
#
Activateor dea ctivateAUTOM ATICEXTEN-
SION .
% This equipme ntisavailabl eonl yfo rMer cedes-
Ma ybac hve hicles. CarCar
gocom go
com par par
tmen t tmen
t Open
ingt Open
ingthe t he
tailg ailg
ate at
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D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofpoison ingfrom exhaus t
ga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth eta il- 7878
Opening
andclosing

RR
oller sunblinds oller
sunblinds ExtExt
endin gor re ending
orretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
roller sunbl indsont oller
sunbl indsonthe he
r r
ear side windo ws ear
side windo ws &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp edwhen
ex tending orretracti ngthero ller sunblind
Body partscould become trapped inthe
sw eep ofthero ller sunblind whenitis being
ex tended orretract ed. #
Mak esur eth at no body partsarein the
sw eep ofthero ller sunblind whenitis
being extended orretract ed. #
Ifsom eone becomestrapp ed, brie0 y
pr ess thebutt onintheopposit edir ec-
tion.
The opening orclosing process will
br ie0y bestopped. Theroller sunblind
will then retur nto its star ting position. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byobjects Objects
cancause thero ller sunblind tomal-
fun ction. #
Ensur eth at thero ller sunblind canmove
fr eel y. The
roller sunblinds forth ere ar side windowscan
be oper ated withth ebutt ons forth eside windo ws
in thedr iver's door andinthere ar door s. 1
Rear leT side window/roller sunblind
2 Rear right sidewind ow/roller sunblind #
T T
o close fully o
close fully: :
br ie0y pullthecor respond ing
butt onwhen theside windo wisclosed. #
T T
o open fully o
open fully: :
br ie0y press thecor respond ing
butt on. Ant
i-t Ant
i-theT heT
prot pr
otection ection
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe immobilizer he
immobilizer The
immobilizer prev ents your vehicle from bein g
st ar tedwit hout thecor rect Smar tKey .
The imm obilizer isaut oma tically ac tivated when
th eve hicle isswitc hedo.,and deact ivat ed when
th eve hicle isswitc hedon.
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke theSmar t-
Ke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Anyone can
st ar tth eve hicle ifava lid Smar tKey has been leT
insi detheve hicle.
% Intheev ent theengine cannotbe star ted(yet
th eve hicle ’sbatt eryis ch arge d), thesy stem is
no toper ational. Contactanaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Centeror call
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-800-387- 0100(inCanada). Opening
andclosing
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AA
T T
A A
(ant i-t (a
nt i-the T heT
alar ala
rm syst m
system) em)
FF
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe AT he
ATA syst A
sy stem em
If th eATA system isarmed, avisu aland audibl e
alar mistrigg ered inthefo llo wing situations:
R When adoor isopened
R When theta ilg ateis opened
R When thehood isopened
R When theint erior motion sensor istrigg ered
(/ page95)
R When theto w- awa yalar mistrig ge red
( / pag e94)
The ATA system isarmed automati callyaTer
appr oximat elyte nsec onds inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R ATer locking theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe rlo ck ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO Indi
catorlam p1 0ashes whentheATA system is
ar med.
The ATA system isdeacti vatedaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing situations:
R ATer unlockingtheve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe run lock ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
R ATer pressin gth estar t/s topbutt onwithth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (/page175) %
When theMer cedes‑Benz emergency callsy s-
te m isactiv eand thealar mstay son formor e
th an 30 secon ds,amessag eis aut omati cally
sent totheCust omer Assist anceCenter
(/ page324).
% Inthecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging ,th e
anti-theT alarmsystem isaut omati callydeac-
tiv ated tofacilit ateth ene xt engine star t.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the ATA he
ATA #
Press theÜ, ßor008B buttononthe
Sma rtKe y.
or #
Press thestar t/s topbutt onwithth eSmar tKey
in thestow agecom partmen t(/ page175)
Deact iv Deact
ivatin gt atin
gthe alar he
alar musin gKEY LESS-GO m
usin gKEY LESS-GO #
Grasp theoutside doorhandle withth eSmar t-
Ke yout side theve hicle. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe tow he
tow-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m %
Thisfu nct ion mayno tbe availabl ein all coun -
tr ies. 9494
Open
ingand closin g